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John Bassett[1]

Male Bef 1767 - 1858  (> 91 years)


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  • Name John Bassett  [2
    Born Bef 12 Feb 1767 
    Christened 12 Feb 1767  St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Jun 1858  St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • The Will of John Bassett late of the Parish of St. Enoder in the Parish of Cornwall Farmer deceased who died 11 June 1858 at St. Enoder aforesaid was proved at Bodmin by the oath of Richard Bassett of St. Columb Major in the said County Farmer the son and Joanna Williams (wife of James Williams of St. Enoder) the daughter.

      Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, Thursday 25 September 1856
      An Extraordinary Man

      John Bassett, a farmer, of Polmenna, in the parish of St. Enoder, who has lived to see 91 summers, has this year stood in the harvest field as usual, and, with a small reaping-hook, has cut down no less than 190 sheaves of wheat in the short space of 7 hours, and at the same rate he has continued through the harvest. When in the prime of his life, he has been known to cut and bind 200 fagots of furze in one day; also to walk ten miles a-day, and cut and bind one thousand fagots a week. He can see to read small print with out the help of any sort of glass; in short his strength and vigour seem to be unabated, and every faculty perfect.


      1851 British Census of Polmena. St. Enoder, Cornwall
      John Bassett 85 M Head St. Enoder, Cornwall Farmer 50 acres
      Mary 79 F Wife St. Enoder, Cornwall
      Joanna Williams 44 F Daughter St. Enoder, Cornwall
      James 45 M SonL St. Neot, Cornwall Ag lab
      John B. 9 M Grandson St. Enoder, Cornwall School
      James 3 M Grandson St. Enoder, Cornwall
      Samuel 1 M Grandson St. Enoder, Cornwall


    Person ID I59  44B Bassetts of St Enoder,Cornwall
    Last Modified 11 Jan 2023 

    Father Richard Bassett,   b. Bef 31 Jan 1747,   d. Dec 1813, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 66 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Glyddon 
    Married 31 Mar 1766  Poughill, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F64  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Williams,   b. 1767, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 26 Sep 1789  St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Ann Bassett,   b. 26 Sep 1790, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1886  (Age > 97 years)
    +2. Richard Bassett,   b. Bef 30 Apr 1792, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     3. Jinifer Bassett,   b. 8 Jun 1793, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
     4. Grace Bassett,   b. 24 Jul 1796, St Enoder, Cornwall Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Deceased
    +5. Joanna Bassett,   b. 1806,   d. Bef 1871  (Age < 65 years)
    Family ID F92  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 24 June 2009.

    2. [S25] GEDCOM file submitted by Pat Newton, tng@bassettb.